Biography
Joe Manous serves as Director of the Institute for Water Resources (IWR), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) a multi-disciplinary Field Operating Agency that supports USACE’s Civil Works (water resources) missions through water resources planning, policy, and decision-support model development; hydraulic and hydrological engineering; dam and levee safety; and training and national/international interface with academia, professional societies, and non-government organizations.
This work is accomplished through IWR’s seven centers that include the Water Resources Center (WRC), Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC), Risk Management Center (RMC), Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center (NDC), Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (WCSC), Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise (CPCX), and International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM).
Manous is a civil and environmental engineer specializing in the areas of water resources engineering and environmental security issues associated with water. Previously he served as Academy Professor and Environmental Engineering Program Director at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he taught courses in environmental engineering, water resources, environmental security, engineering economics, and leadership.